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Beginner's Heart
all my children ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
I adore kids. Especially babies, but really? I like any age. And I always have. Even when I told my mother I did NOT want to get married (who would?? 🙂 ), I told her I wanted kids. “You can’t have children if you’re not married,” my mother insisted. A logical age 8, 9, 10,…
for Ione ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Once upon a time, a brand-new mother moved half-way across the globe. She knew no one, and hadn’t a clue — although she had a lot of books — how to raise her baby boy. Her husband was very busy w/ his new job, and the wind blew constantly. Did I mention the wind carried…
mothering ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
Today we sent a box to my wonderful daughter-in-law. And the grandson she’s carrying. (We included a bar of chocolate for my elder son… 🙂 ) Inside the box were 2 blankets — one my mother-in-law made so many years ago for my son. Carefully embroidered w/ slightly faded animals on white squares, surrounded by…
in a grain of sand ~
By
Britton Gildersleeve
This picture is an entire poem to me. It’s taken from a great website, featuring the photography of Dr. Gary Greenberg. What do you see when you look at these tiny grains of Maui sand, photographed under a microscope? I see jewels. And having just spent a week on Maui, much of it on three…
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